# Pózdnyshev — The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories character guide

> Pózdnyshev in The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories by Leo Tolstoy.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** P ├│ zdnyshev

**First appearance:** 0059-the-kreutzer-sonata

## Who they are

The narrator of 'The Kreutzer Sonata', who confesses to murdering his wife.

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